食草

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (食草)		食	草
simp. ^#(食草)		食	草
anagram		草食

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shícǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ cou²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̍t-chhó
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-chháu

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziah⁸ cao²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shícǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhcǎo
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-tsʻao³
  - Yale: shŕ-tsǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrtsao
  - Palladius: шицао (šicao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik⁶ cou²
  - Yale: sihk chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ cou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍t-chhó
  - Hakka Romanization System: siid co^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁶ co³
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚⁵ t͡sʰo³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqzhao
  - Sinological IPA (Singapore): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ t͡sʰau⁴²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziah⁸ cao²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsia̍h tsháu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaʔ⁴⁻² t͡sʰau⁵²/

Adjective

食草

herbivorous

Verb

食草

(dialectal) to graze; to browse

Idiom

食草

(Singapore Hokkien) to be or to go broke; to be unable to afford even food or daily necessities
(Singapore Hokkien) broke; penniless; impoverished; desperate

Synonyms

吃草 (chīcǎo)

Descendants

→ English: jiak chao (Singlish)